A 29-year-old female presented to the emergency clinic with gradual visual disturbance in both eyes for 15 days duration, accompanied by bilateral tinnitus, and ocular pain that increased with ocular movements. One month prior to presentation, the patient had tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 but without complications. Visual acuity was 20/100 in the right eye and 20/300 in the left eye.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 56-year-old female presented with vitreous opacity with gradual visual disturbance in her right eye of 1-year duration. A Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma had been treated 15 years before. Presenting best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/200 in her right eye and 20/25 in her left eye.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To introduce a modified technique for encircling circumferential scleral buckling without peritomy thorough a small conjunctival opening for the repair of uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD).
Methods: This technique was performed in 10 eyes of 10 patients with primary rhegmatogenous RD who underwent encircling circumferential scleral buckling without peritomy. Transconjunctival traction sutures were placed in four rectus muscles.
Purpose: To determine which nocturnal blood pressure (BP) parameters (low levels or extreme dipper status) are associated with an increased risk of glaucomatous damage in Hispanics.
Design: Observational cross-sectional study.
Participants: A subset (n = 93) of the participants from the Maracaibo Aging Study (MAS) who met the study eligibility criteria were included.
Purpose: To compare surgeon experience and the outcomes of phacoemulsification using 2 different illumination techniques for cataract extraction.
Methods: A prospective interventional case series was performed on 20 consecutive patients (20 eyes) with senile cataract who underwent phacoemulsification enhanced with a 23-G endoillumination probe. The main outcome measures were the surgeon's perception of depth of field and quality of visibility of intraocular structures, ease of performance of the surgical procedure, effectiveness, and complications related to the procedure.
Importance: The ocular manifestations and sequelae of Zika virus infection are not well known. Recently, the World Health Organization changed the declaration of Zika as a public health emergency and designated the viral outbreak and related microcephaly clusters as a long-term program of work. This change indicates the urgent need to evaluate and document ophthalmic manifestations in patients for timely management of this disease.
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September 2018
Purpose: To report the use of anterior lens capsule flap transplantation in two cases with chronic full-thickness macular hole (MH).
Methods: Case series.
Results: Two cases of chronic MH with a new treatment approach were reported.
Purpose: To report the use of intravitreal triamcinolone for Susac Syndrome in one patient.
Methods: Case report.
Results: A 23-year-old woman presented with presented with sudden visual loss in the left eye with associated neurologic symptoms.